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on that ground the first Methodist sermon
in brooklyn was preached 100 years ago.
1t docs not seem u sacred place now. The
passenger on the Brooklyn end Of the great
New York and Brooklyn bridge looks down
into pulling tanglo of courts and alleys,
thicl; ST with cubbyhoe junk shops and sa
looms; vet in the very midst of that crowded
place is the old church. and near by are two
little gravcyards, full of the graves of the
noted pioneers, and yet so hidden that many
thousands daily pass within n few rods and
never suspect their location. Between the
old church and the bridge extension. between
high walls, is an old graveyard so narrow
that there is just room for the graves TO reach
across 1t and leave a footwav: and the walls
of the Sunday school building are directly
over part of the graves, cutting family
burial plots in two. Yet n few of the tomb
stones are still legiblc--thc oldest that of
Hannah, wife of Burdette Strylcr, who died
Aug. |, 1i91 The dates range thence to 1Sjl.
Philip Embury, an Iri~hman who landed
at New York in ,ti6. is considered the pio-
neer of Brooklyn Methodism lie preached
in John street, New York, and rs many Of
his congregation lived in BROOKLYN he
crossed TO visit them; and in liGS Thomas
Webb, an officer in the British army organ
lied "A class and held meeting, on the east
side of the river Finally. in lio;. Woolman
Hickson preached the first regular sermon,
standing ON a table in the open air where the
Sands Street church now stands. Then Pot
ter Cannon, an enthusiastic old Methodist,
gave the use of his cooper shop near by. and
in that the society grew slowly. In May,
1894, the first Methodist church of Brooklyn
was organized with these trustees. John
Thomas alt fry |.
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HORSE GOSSIP.

Crit Davis, the successful driver e
Prince Wilkes, is fully 80 pounds over.
weight.
1t Is said that T. A. Potter of Rutland
VI has been offered $50 for his youDt
A istos colt.
The sons of George Wilkes have con-
tributed 90 $3.50 performers TO NE lists
during the past season.
Many prominent ho,semen are of the
opinion that Prince Wilkes, ZIG will be
! the star of next season.
The talk in running horse circles H.
| Lexington, Ky, is the remarkable time
made by the yearlinR chestnut filly Meta,
! by Ouondaga, dam Una, by War Dance,
she having run half mile over the Ken
tucky association track there in 81 seconds,
| carry ing 100 pounds. She Is owned by
William Michigan, jr. of Lexington, and
was bred at the McGrathiana stud farm
1t is he best time ever made by year
| ling for the same distance in that State.
The Kentucky stallion Sultan Is now II
years old, and has IA t1otters and one
three-year-od PAGER in the 2:3O lists. -Four
Of these got their records duling the past
season. Until 1856 Sultan was Kept as IA
private stallion at Sunny Slope, Sa"
Gabriel, Cal, and his Oldest colts in Ken
lucky are weanlings.
A man at Hartford, Conn, has invented
new apparatus for timing horses. 1t is
clock with three hands, minute, second
and quarter second, and is started by the
official timer. When the winning horse
comes under the wire the clock is stopped
by electricity. At the same instant the
current opens camera, which photo
graphs the horse and the clock face.
At sale of blooded horses and 9th
er property Thursday on the prem
ises known as the Orange county stock
farm in Warwick, the imported Eng
fish shire stallion Bold Tom which cost
Jones $4,000, was knocked down to MIR.
Cangham of Pennington, n. j., for $500.
The imported French coach stallion Tel e
maque, cost 81 $50, was sold to Pierson f..
Sanford of New York for 1925 The i'm.
ported Percheron stallion Bijou, cost
1880, went To b. b. Walling of Decker
town, n j., for 1910. The imported Per
cheroH stations Marquis and Strubln
were sold espectively for 1925 and $40.
Charlas Kear of Brooklyn bought gray
imported Percheron mare for 500 The
b half bred Percheron mares sold at an
average of about $40 each, while the
common mares went at an average OF
about $50 each.
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Phases of the Relic Craze.

| know small boy IF tender Years who IS
going to give himself AN awful lot Of trouble
when he grows up. lie has developed a
thCn all carcfull" We all keep mcmcntos
when we are young. | have little weakness
for it myself, but momcntos don't seem to
mean as much as they used to somehow
carried a cco of everlasting flower which Il
descendant of Anne Hathaway puclicd for
me from the cottage from which Shake
spearo married Anne 500 years ago until
began to write plays, and my experience led
me to throw it away. II was a painful re-
mindcr of inequality ! suppose you have
still an old letter and faded flower your
girl sent you before you found out she was
flirting with the other fellow Keep it. 1t
viii remind you when you are inclined to
believe your next girl But this small boy
keeps a book i'll which he records in full de-
tail what those memcntos are, c. <;
|. "a stone taken from the lot where Mr.
juno, now house was built.
=. "a piece Of redwood picked up in the
bacl; yard Of Mrs. Flahcrtys cottage
Tho book is full Of this kind Of thing. He
was showing his treasures TO his uncle and,
having cHplaincd everything as it came up,
he reached thin strip of redwood.
whats this" asked his uncle, handling it
very irrevcrently. The boy seized it,
THAT That is dearor to me than all my
life"
BLESS my soul! What is it,
THAT is a piece of stick with which we
killed accom-, San Francisco Chronicle.
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PARABLE OF THE S0WER.
CRITICAL NOTES BY REV, GEORGE
p. HAYS, D. D., IL, D.


Lesson y Of the International Series for
Sunday. Dec. 4. 1ss7-Tcxt of Lesson,
49,, III, "a. ,a,.,a, ,., ,,,,,. ..,,,
IL
This chontcr of parables is n,,ito nc rom
s,,;,,,ous nc tbo cbnntars containing tbo Sor-
mon on tbc Mount. These pnrnblps mov NOT
nil bovo been spol,cn Mt one sittirr lint ara
here given in one rroup The saviour had
bcrn TRAVELLING tbrouob Galilce and ,v,s nov,
back at his permanent residences ot Gamer.
naum. Crowds Gathered around The shin
made n convenient mint bipb cnnu,b ohov,
the shore to brine, tho Sov.io,,r o,si1, in si,bt
of the multitude of peoplo
II is to hc noticed Loro tb,t tbo saviour
gives no dissertation of This so,,cr NOR docs
he authorizc the sower to nick tbc f-round ON
which bo is to sow Neither il There any.
ccscription of tho seed The sowcr does not
mako tho sood no v,e 70 sow II y,s ri,en
TO him TO sow. and he hes no ripbt to trv to
notify if or chonoo if "Go nrooch tbe
preaching that I bid tbeen WINS Gods com
maud 10 Jonah. as TO all his other servants
Neither does the sower understand the
nature of the growth of this seed. The seed
is aown in lis, but we also are sown in the
world. and the result is not merely in the
ground but also in the seed sown Tho re-
sponsibilitv is not altogether on the sower. or
on the seed which is the word of God. but
the difference of results is i'm the hrnror
Wayside hearers The wav,ide was once
Ms soft as any part of the field. if is now
beaten hard bv much trcadiur The seed
cxpoSnd on this hard ground is to tho birds
u special opportunity and invitation. and so
thcv come and Hrht in Aocls. taliun AWAY
every seed and all pos,ibiIitv of orovth
That wavsdc, if If is ever to brinp forth
fruit must he plowcd and narrowed This
will tie hard vor; and require rourh hand
linz Without this blowing and broal,infr I'm
of this hard ground. not only will the seed
not enter but the rain will pass AWAY with
out softening it, and the sunshine that ought
TO have produced growth will only make
dust. There seems not much chance for any
good result from sowing seed in such a place.
But the SowCr is simply told to SOW and sow
everywhere
Stony ground The rain that falls on if is
soon evaporatcd and the soil becomes dry
and vegetation dies This rocky l-round
however, may he cleared up and become
fruitful This can only be done bv BLASTING
the big, deep rocks and catherine o,,t the
little stones one hy one This will take yiror-
GUS work and strong resolution and patient
labor on the part of the farmer
Thorny ground.-Thorns are still n differ
ent kind of thing from either rocks or birds
OF clods The roots of the thorns are not
part of the ground as the rocks are. nor are
they the result of much trehdinr rs is the
hardness of the waysidc Like the wheat
they are themselves things of Growth. and
the soil wherein they will grow well would
also grow wheat well if the thorns worc ont
of the WAY In such soil if i a uucsti,u Of
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women were permitted to vote, vote were
entitled to make our laws they would among
other things enact.
Flrst.-1hut every man must be at home at
ten p VI , without fail,
Second That married men should hestOw
some attention to their own wives, &c, Ac.
lie might have added also that they would
enact that man be compelled 10 keep his NV.
or IN good shape, and consequently his mind
at ease. And for this purpose there IS moth
ing so Cnicacious as Stccle's Little Bile Pils
- cents per bottle, Of w, II. /Ottman Co
"a ua he lrCse n Grant,
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Sacred to the memory of
REV. JOHS SCMMERFIELD. A. VI

preacher Of the Methodist COMMISSION Born
in England; born again in Ireland By the first
a child of genus: by the second, a child of God
The rest details his life 1t seems increli-
bile that this noted man should have died at the
early age of p, in 1873. He left reputation
for cloquence seldom equaled. His remains
have been removed to WoOdlawn ccmc' ~
since the ncighborhool became such l.. q.
one, and now the old church must be re-
moved to make room for the bridge cxtcu-
sion and approaches thereto; so the late cx-
crcisc5 there were in the nature of farewell
meeting.
The centennial services BEGAN in the Old
mother church on Sunday. the 18th, with
morning sermon by Rev. DR. Milcy. of brow
seminary, and evening by Rov Dr. Alcxan-
der Mclean. For the rest Of the week there
were successive services morning and evening
at the other large churches. Brooklyn now
has forty-iivc Methodist churches with to-
tai membership of 4,3Gl. The colored Meth
odiss of New York also held centennial cxer-
ciscs one evening at Steinway hall They
included music by Blind Tom and an inter
cstng address by Rev. w b. Pearson, the
noted colored missionary. He is native of
Jamaica, but was educated in England, served
long on the Congo and translated part Of the
Bible into the native FeOtte tongue.
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A METHODIST CENTENNIAL.
How Brooklyn Followers of Wesley Have
Bccn Celebrating.

Tho Mcthodists Of Brooklyn, assisted b.
many visitors from other places, have dcvot'
ct n week 10 celebrating tho centennial OF
Mcthodiam in that city. There have been
services in turn at all the churches, begin
ming with the old Sands Street church, which
is allcctonately called the mother of all, for
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any harvest, and that In different degrees Of
fruitfulneSS; some very high, some very
moderate, and some in very low degree As
spiritual sowcr you need not bc discour.
aged If every effort of yours does not pro-
ducc an abundant harvest. indeed you may
be highly encouraged if barely onc-iourth of
the good seed which you sow from Gods
word produces any good result
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Mothers, Overworked men and tor Ill dis aseS
where the tissues are wasting away rom the
inability to digest TODD. or from ovclwolk
should take ScOtt's Emulsion of Pure Coo
LAYER Oil with llypOpho sphitcs. Il used the
Emulsion on a lady who was delicate. 1t pui
her in such good health and flesh. that ] mrs
say it is the best Emulsion" l.. p. WAD
DELL. NJ. o.. Hughs Mills. o. "'sdSw I'm
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The BEST SALvE IN the world for Cuts,
BRUISES, sores, Ulcers. Salt Rhcum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped hands, Chilblains,
Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles or no pay required. II is guaran-
tced 10 give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price p cents per box. For sale by
BOauprc a. LOwrcy
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Ponds Extract, Tor Pam ana Aches Try il,
II gives immediate rcIi f. then permanent
care The genuine Is rCioblc. Imitation Wul
disdppOtHt DOu
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VIII be found AN excellent remedy for
sick headache. Carter's Little Liver Pills,
Thousands of letters from people who have
them prove tins fact. Try them.
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When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, sho cried for Castoria,
When sho became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
Whom she had Children, she gave Thorn CastoriA,
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WOodstOck, Tuesday, DOC. b.

NOTICE Colts brokeu and trained by Geo.
IN A. Duwner at Dunhar's Hotel; Il titst-
class trainer of trOttlng horses and not afraid
OF work. Prices rCasO nable. 2l1,6&wi
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FOR SALE.

\ book. stationery AID fancy goods bust
ness, on account OF poor health of owner.
Fine stock and good trade. From this time
forward, shall Oiler uncommon Inducements
to cash buyers, TO reduce stock and unless
sold to one party, shall continue sale until
closed out Shall plan for great attractions
III assortment and prices for the holidays.
T.. l.. WHITNEY,,
To- 3mO Milton, VT.
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arm For s ale,

Located on the north side of Malletts Bay,
Lake Champ am, contains no acres, - acres
wood laHd. balance divided pasture, meadow,
has Il irOntaTe Of about three miles on the
lake and is one of the most beautiful spots in
every respect on Lake Champluin for Il sum
mcr resort as well as being Il profitable farm.
About $4,000 brick on the farm for sale. Ad-
dress 5. n MARSH, Colchester, Vt. l9,w6m
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An old practitioner makes "A speciality Of
Surgery and Chronic Diseases in Horses and
Cattle.
I91 South willard Street. Burlington, Vt.
l3,tf
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Lesson y Of the international Series for
Sunday, Dec. 4, 1ss7-Tcxt OF Lesson,
Matt. xiii, 10; Golden Text, Luke viii,
II.
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IN S u r A N c E

This agency represents Fire, LII Mar IT and
Accident insurance Compahlt NV
ing cash assets aggrePat'u"
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CArARRH To Cossumpr1os.

Catarrh in its destructive force stands next and
undoubtedly leads to consumption 1t Is therefore
singular that those afflicted with this fearful disease
should not make 1t the object Of their lives to rid
themselves Of It Deceptive remedies concocted by
ignorant pretenders to medical knowledge have weak
ened the confidence of the great majority Of sufferers
in all advertised remedies They become resigned to
life Of misery rather than torture themselves with
doubtful palliatives.
But this will never do. Catarrh must be met al
every stage and combated with all might. In many
cases the disease has assumed dangerous symptoms
The bones and cartilage Of the nose, the organs OF
hearing Of seeing and Of tasting affected to be
useless the uvula elongated the Throat SO inamed
and rrtated as to produce constant and distressing
cough.
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE meets every phase Of Ca
tarrh from simple head cold to the most loathsome
and destructive stages. It is local and constitutional
Instant in relieving permanent in curing safe,
nomical and never failing.
Each package contains one bottle of the RADICAL
CURE, one box CATARRHAL SOLVENT and an I'M.
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POTTER DRUG CHEMICAL Co., BOSTON.
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Transfer Of the Signal Service.

Transfer Of the Signal Service.
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL WHICH PASSED THE SENATE
TO CREATE A DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
LABOR
The Senate yesterday afternoon passed the
House bill to create department Of agriculture
and labor, with an amendment transferring the
signal service bureau to that department. 1t pro-
vides for an executive department, with q secre-
tary and assistant secretary. The bureau OF labor
is TO be transferred to the department and to be
presided over Dy commissioner. The functions OF
the labor bureau Will remain about as at present,
but the secretary OF the department is required
inquire into the causes of discomfort between en-
matters and report annually to Congress. The
weather service OF the United States signal SER
vice bureau Is to be transferred after July 1887,
to the department OF agriculture and labor and is
TO consist OF one chief and the necessary SubOrd-
nate officers and employees. The present organiZa-
ton OF the subordinate force OF the bureau In
Guiding the second lteutenantS now in service, is
TO continue. Its chief is TO be paid salary Of
1850, and Is TO be appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent OF the Senate.
The compensation OF the employees and enlisted
men Is TO continue as now; and the present status
In the army OF the commissioned officers Is not to
BE- considered altered or affected. The chief Sig
nal officer OF the army, In addition to his strictly
military duty, may be assigned TO the charge OF the
weather bureau until a chief of the bureau Is ap-
pointed and confirmed. The Secretary of War is
tn appoint board OF three army Officers uhe chief
signal Ofncer to be One) to make an inventory Of
the property OF the signal service bureau and TO
transfer TO the department OF agriculture such
portion thereof as may be suitable TO the weather
bureau, the remainder to continue under the con-
troll OF the War department..
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DEATH OF HENRY @. MOVES.
An Honorable and Useful Life.

Mr. Henry o. Noyes OF the reportorial staff OF
THE EVENING STAR, died at half past seven O'Clock
last evening at the residence OF his son-in-law Mr.
Eugene Van Week, Linden, Montgomery county,
| Md. Mr.. Noyes' health had been failing for many
months, and for several days he had been confined
| to his house His death, however, came unex-
pectedy, as he appeared yesterday to be recover
| ing his strength. The immediate cause OF his
death was paralysis OF the heart, from which,
| owing TO bis enfeebled condition, he could not
rally.
MI. Noyes was born in Minot, Me-, February q,
1897, and was therefore about 60 years old. He
gagged at different times in mercantile pursuits
and In the United states revenue service About
THE EVENING STAR, and up to last Fridsy when he
was compelled by illness to desist from work, he
rendered the paper Jealous and intelligent service
conscient1ousness. In his later years, when
MS health, health was broken, he could not
mucS Needed his ha,pp st. and
years OF newspaper service he became thoroughly
identified with THE EVENING STAR, and had very
Joyed to the same degree the confidence and re- re-
speet OF those with whom his business brought
him In contact. He had been ever since the es-
Enlistment OF the present form OF government,
In charge OF the news service Of The STAR at the
District government buildings, and had discharged
his duties there not only with credit to himself
and the journal which he served so faithfully but
In such manner also gained for him the personal
esteem OF all the officials OF the District govern
/
often took counsel OF his long experience
He was Mason Of long standing, a member Of
Pentalpha Lodge No. 81 F. A. A. NJ, Columbia r.
A. Chapter No. and Columbia Commandery NO.
2, h. I. He was for many years member of the
board OF managers of the Masonic Relief assOcia-
tlon- HIS am1able wife, who was Miss COLLISION,
niece of Mr.. Edward Drew, died about three
years ago, and he never recovered from the shock
that this aniction gave him. He leaves five chill
dren-two sons and three daughters. The oldest
daughter Is the wife Of Mr.. Julian C..
Dowel1 OF the Patent office, and the
second second daughter Is the wife Of Mr..
Eugene A. van Week, OF the Pension onice.
He was cousin OF Mr.. C. S. NOyes and brother
OF the late S. v. NOyes. In amiability and integ-
his obligations In life he strongly resembled his
lamented brother.
The funeral will take place at O'Clock D. m. to-
morrow from the residence of Mr.. Eugene A. Van
Week. Linden station, Metropolitan road, and the
1nterment Will be at GlenwOOd cemetery at 8 80
Metropolitan road will reach Linden In season for
the funeral
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Affair. i'm West Washington.

IMPROyEMENT.-COl. VIM. Deakin was one of the
original land owners In this section, and his resi-
dence, supposed to have been erected in the year
100, on what is known as Prospect Hill, is now
10 erect upon the site a new row of brick houses
NOTEs.-A general row took place last night at
ored labOrerS and q cOlored hickman ali OF the
parties were arrested.-There will be literary
entertainment tomorrow evening at the CAV
street Baptist Church. See advt.-A musicale
was given last night to a number oftnvited guests
by Mrs George w. Ross and her pupils, at her resi-.
dence, No. 2sl6 street.--Keady & Maher, No.
$40.
A WIPES BILL For DIv0RCE.-To-day a bill for
divorce was filed by LOttie E. SammOns against
VIM y. Summons, in which the complainant asks
al1mony and the custody OF the children. They
We're married December 4th, 1878, her maiden
name being Wheeler, and she charges that on NO
Vember 2sd last, and repeatedly since, her hus-
band has committed adultery